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	Dash, Joan. WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED : THE WOMEN'S FACTORY STRIKE OF 1909 New York : Scholastic, 1996 IL 5-8, RL 8.3 ISBN 0590484109
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	During the turn of the twentieth century, many women in the Lower East Side of New York City worked in the garment industry. You may think fashion models or even sales clerks. You would be wrong. These women worked in the factories that made the clothes. They worked in intolerable conditions and for long hours. The pay was low and the job could be dangerous. The formation of the Women's Trade Union League set about protecting the women during their work day. Eventually the majority of the women went on strike in 1909 for better wages and safer working conditions. This is their story.
	SUBJECTS: Women -- Employment -- History. Trade unions -- Clothing workers -- History. Strikes and lockouts.

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